Device for darning stockings



(No Model.)

0.0. GALE.

DEVICE FOR DARNING STOCKINGS, & o. No. 370,775.

Patented Oct.- 4, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES o. GALE, or GLENVILLE, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD TO ROYAL oowLEs, or CLEVELAND, oruo.

DEVICE FOR DARNING STOCKINGS, 8o0,

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,775, dated October 4, 1887.

Application filed March 10, 1887.

.To all whom it may concern proved Devices for Darning Stockings or Mending other Fabrics; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The invention consists in an apparatus'or darning device of a novel construction, by the aid of which the tedious work of darning stockings is not only greatly facilitated, but the stockings or fabrics so mended are neater in appearance and stronger in texture.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and thon specified in the claims.

Figure 1 shows the darning devices applied as when in actual use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line a; 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front side view of the hookcasing shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of the same on line wm of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are views illustrative of the operation of one of the hooks.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views. I

In Fig. 1, A represents the stand or casing as an entirety, in which stand or casing are mounted a suitable number of hooks, B, at equal distances apart. The lower part, a, of

' the casing .contains the pivotal bearings for said hooks in the front and rear sides thereof, and over such lower part is fitted or otherwise attached the top plate, I). This top plate is provided with a slot, 0, extending the entire length and parallel with the sides thereof. Within this slot 0 the tappets or wings d of the hooks B are allowed to turn freely from one side to the other, as the case may be. At the same time the hooks are held in their proper relative positions, in so far as the tappets within said slot prevent the hooks from leaving their pivotal bearings.

may be more or less, according to circumstances.

To the lower part, a, of the casing are attached two or more-staples or pins, 6, by means of which it can be fastened or held to the fab- Fig. 1.

The distance from the front end of the hooks to the casing Serial No. 280,364. (No model.)

ric in the operation of mending or darning. In the same manner and by like means the hook-plate O is set or fastened directly opposite and in line with the stand A, as seen in Said plate C is provided with a corresponding number of hooks, f, which hooks are stationary, and may be either attached to the plate or form an integral part thereof.

Having described the construction of my device, the mode of operation thereof is as follows: The stand A and plate Gare applied to a piece of fabric, D, which is supposed to be in need of mending. fabric is spread or laid over any ordinary pincushion or equivalent thereof,the standA and plate G being held in position by means of their pins 6 being thrust in through the fabric D and into the cushion or backing underneath. (Not shown in the drawings.) Thus both the darning devices and the fabric are held firmly over the cushion and are ready for the laying of the warp E, which is done in'the following mannerzThe thread 9, composing the warp, is wound around or connected with either one of the end hooks of the plateOand engaged over the opposite hook of the stand A, thence back again around the next hook of plate 0, and so forth, until enough is laid to cover the place to be mended.

Care should be taken in laying the warp that all the threads are connected with the hooks in like manner that is, each and every thread should run either over or under the respective hook of the stand Aand run in or around the hook f of the plate.

It will be noticed that inturning the tappets or wings of the hooks B, Fig. 1, either to one side or the other the respective positions of the threads attached to said hooks will also be changed-that is, a certain side of the warp will be turned either up or down. This turning of the warp is illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6, which figures show a detached hook in different positions-that is, the tappet is turned, bringing the front side, g,of the thread in one figure up, and down in the other.

In crossing or interweaving. the woof it into the warp any ordinary darning-needle suitable for the purpose may be employed. The needle in this operation virtually becomes a For this purpose this I shuttle, by means of which the threads of the woof h are passed through the loops of the warp. The interweaving of the woof with the warp is accomplished by the threaded needle and movements of the hooks B and the warp, as shown in Figs. 1,5,and 6. The hooks B are brought into action in the manner above described. Each time after the needle with the thread is passed in a straightline through the open meshes or spaces of the warp it is connected or fastened to the fabric to be mended. The repeated and alternate passing of the needle and turning of the hooks in connection with the threads produce a texture (indicated at F) upon the fabric D, which covers the opening in the fabric, strengthening the defective places thereon.

In practice the threads of the interweaving warp and woof can be brought in contact with each other by moving them closer together with the needle. For a clearer illustration,

however, the meshes are shown some distance apart in Fig. 1.

As already referred to, any suitable article may be used as a backing or cushion in connection with this weaving apparatus; but in darning stockings it has been found that practically the least troublesome and best basis for that particular purpose is an ordinary oval or kidney-shaped potato,which is easily obtained and readily replaced when required.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a series of hooks, a casing in which said hooks are pivotally mounted, arms or wings on said hooks,whereby they are adapted to be alternately reversed in position, anda corresponding series of fixed counter hooks, arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a stand or casing having a slot therein, of a series of hooks arranged in line in said stand or casing and arms or wings attached to said hooks and projecting through the said slot, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of a stand with a series of reversible hooks, and aplate provided with a series of fixed hooks, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. GALE.

Witnesses:

B. F. EIBLER, W. H. BURRIDGE. 

